Process for the separation of glycols

    公开(公告)号:US10308577B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-04

    申请号:US15761616

    申请日:2016-09-21

    Abstract: A process for the production of high purity mono-ethylene glycol (MEG) from a product stream of a saccharide hydrogenolysis process. The process having the steps of: (i) removing solvent from the product stream to provide a solvent-lean product stream; (ii) subjecting the solvent-lean product stream to distillation to provide a bottoms stream comprising high boiling by-products and a top stream comprising a mixture comprising MEG and 1,2-butanediol (1,2-BDO); (iii) providing said mixture having MEG and 1,2-BDO as a feed to a distillation column; (iv) providing a feed comprising an extractant of C3 to C6 alcohols and mixtures thereof to the distillation column above the mixture comprising MEG and 1,2-BDO; (v) removing a stream comprising MEG and the extractant as a bottoms stream from the distillation column; and (vi) subjecting the stream comprising MEG and the extractant to distillation to provide a top stream comprising high purity MEG.

    PROCESS FOR PRETREATING A LIGNOCELLULOSIC MATERIAL
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    PROCESS FOR PRETREATING A LIGNOCELLULOSIC MATERIAL 审中-公开
    预处理纤维素材料的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20140120596A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-05-01

    申请号:US14066866

    申请日:2013-10-30

    Abstract: A process for pretreating a lignocellulosic material is provided. The process comprises mixing the lignocellulosic material and an alkaline aqueous solution, in a solid to liquid weight ratio of equal to or more than 25:75 to equal to or less than 60:40, in a mixer to produce an aqueous slurry and heat-treating the aqueous slurry at a temperature in the range from equal to or more than 50° C. to equal to or less than 200° C. to produce a heat-treated aqueous slurry comprising a pretreated lignocellulosic material. The lignocellulosic material has a lignin content in the range from equal to or more than 10 wt % to equal to or less than 50 wt %, based on the total weight of the lignocellulosic material. The alkaline aqueous solution has a pH of equal to or more than 9.0.

    Abstract translation: 提供了一种用于预处理木质纤维素材料的方法。 该方法包括在混合器中将木质纤维素材料和碱性水溶液以等于或大于25:75至等于或小于60:40的固体与液体重量比混合以产生含水浆料, 在等于或大于50℃至等于或小于200℃的温度下处理含水浆料,以产生包含预处理的木质纤维素材料的经热处理的含水浆料。 基于木质纤维素材料的总重量,木质纤维素材料的木质素含量在等于或大于10重量%至等于或小于50重量%的范围内。 碱性水溶液的pH值等于或大于9.0。

    Pre-treatment of lignocellulosic feeds for the production of glycols

    公开(公告)号:US12221405B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-11

    申请号:US17638316

    申请日:2020-09-25

    Abstract: A process for preparing glycols from a lignocellulosic solid biomass involves contacting the biomass with an organic solvent comprising a low boiling point alcohol and a pre-treatment acid at a temperature in a range from 80 to 220° C. and a pressure in a range from 1 to 50 bara. The resulting mixture, having less than wt. % water, is separated into a pre-treated solid residue comprising cellulose and a liquid stream comprising dissolved lignin. The pre-treated solid residue is subjected to a hydrogenolysis reaction. generating a glycols stream, a lights stream, comprising a first portion of organic solvent, and a heavies stream. At least part of the liquid stream is separated to produce a second portion of organic solvent and a lignin stream. At least part of the first and second portions of organic solvent is recycled to the contacting step.

    Process for the preparation of glycols

    公开(公告)号:US10647647B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-12

    申请号:US16466826

    申请日:2017-12-04

    Abstract: The invention provides a process for the preparation of ethylene glycol and 1,2-propylene glycol from starting material comprising one or more saccharide, wherein the process comprises the steps of: i) providing the starting material and hydrogen to a first reactor and reacting said starting material and hydrogen therein in the presence of a solvent and a first catalyst system comprising a retro-aldol catalyst composition and a hydrogenation catalyst composition; ii) continuously removing a first reactor product stream from the first reactor, said first reactor product stream comprising ethylene glycol, 1,2-propylene glycol and in the range of from 2 to 40 wt % of sugar alcohols; iii) contacting said first reactor product stream in a second reactor in the presence of hydrogen with a second catalyst system comprising at least a hydrogenation catalyst composition; and iv) converting a portion of the sugar alcohols in the second reactor into ethylene glycol and/or 1,2-propylene glycol to provide a second reactor product stream comprising ethylene glycol, 1,2-propylene glycol and in the range of from 10 to 80% of the amount of sugar alcohols present in the first reactor product stream.

    Process for the production of glycols

    公开(公告)号:US10450249B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-22

    申请号:US16322568

    申请日:2017-08-02

    Abstract: The invention provides a process for the preparation of glycols from a saccharide-containing feedstock in a reactor system, said process comprising: i) providing a first feed stream comprising said saccharide-containing feedstock in a first solvent at a N temperature of no more than 160° C.; ii) providing a second feed stream comprising a tungsten-based retro-aldol catalytic species and an alkali metal containing species in a second solvent at a temperature in the range of from 150 to 250° C.; iii) combining the first feed stream and the second feed stream, before they are provided to the reactor system, to form a combined feed stream; iv) providing the combined feed stream to the reactor system and operating the reactor at a temperature in the range of from 150° C. to 250° C.; and v) also contacting the combined feed stream with a hydrogenation catalytic species in the presence of hydrogen, wherein the molar ratio of alkali metal:tungsten in the combined feed stream is in the range of from 0.55 to 6.

    Process for the production of glycols from a saccharide-containing feedstock

    公开(公告)号:US10125071B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-13

    申请号:US15106846

    申请日:2014-12-19

    Abstract: The invention provides a process for the continuous production of one or more glycols from a saccharide-containing feedstock, said process comprising the steps of: i) contacting the saccharide-containing feedstock with hydrogen in the presence of one or more catalysts in a reactor at a reaction temperature and a reaction pressure in a continuous manner, to provide a reaction effluent stream comprising hydrogen and one or more glycols; ii) separating hydrogen from the reaction effluent stream, without substantial de-pressurization of said reaction effluent stream to provide a separated hydrogen stream and a liquid effluent stream; and iii) providing at least a portion of the separated hydrogen stream as a hydrogen recycle stream to the reactor for re-use in step i).

    Process for the conversion of saccharide-containing feedstock

    公开(公告)号:US10093602B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-09

    申请号:US15519843

    申请日:2015-09-09

    Abstract: The invention provides a process for the catalytic conversion of a saccharide-containing feedstock in a reactor, wherein saccharide-containing feedstock is provided to the reactor as a feed stream through a feed pipe and is contacted with a catalyst system in the reactor and wherein, as the saccharide-containing feedstock is fed through the feed pipe, a solvent stream, initially comprising essentially no saccharide, is fed along the internal walls of the feed pipe.

    Process for the conversion of saccharide-containing feedstock

    公开(公告)号:US09656933B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-05-23

    申请号:US14914393

    申请日:2014-08-29

    CPC classification number: C07C29/60 C07C29/132 C07C31/202 C07C31/205

    Abstract: The invention provides a process for the catalytic conversion of a saccharide-containing feedstock in a reactor, wherein saccharide-containing feedstock is provided to the reactor as a feed stream through a feed pipe and is contacted with a catalyst system in the reactor, wherein the saccharide-containing feedstock in the feed pipe is maintained at a temperature below the degradation temperature of the saccharide contained therein and a section of the wall of the reactor at the point where the feed pipe enters the reactor is cooled to a temperature below the temperature of the bulk of the reactor and the reactor contents.

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